AMERICAN ETHNICITIES AND POPULAR SONG

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2022 Learning Outcomes: 1. define race and ethnicity and commonly used terms and concepts related to them Audience: Undergraduate 2. recognize ethnic and racial stereotypes and caricatures and analyze the effects of their use in American popular song Audience: Undergraduate 3. explain the cultural power inherent in names and the act of naming and the use of popular song to amplify or diminish that power with respect to racially defined groups Audience: Undergraduate 4. identify ways in which popular song contributes to the creation and maintenance of racially defined American spaces and places Audience: Undergraduate 5. describe and critique the process of cultural appropriation in American popular music Audience: Undergraduate 6. recall key events in the history of American protest music and apply knowledge of that history to the evaluation of current anti-racism initiatives Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. define race and ethnicity and commonly used terms and concepts related to them Audience: Undergraduate 2. recognize ethnic and racial stereotypes and caricatures and analyze the effects of their use in American popular song Audience: Undergraduate 3. explain the cultural power inherent in names and the act of naming and the use of popular song to amplify or diminish that power with respect to racially defined groups Audience: Undergraduate 4. identify ways in which popular song contributes to the creation and maintenance of racially defined American spaces and places Audience: Undergraduate 5. describe and critique the process of cultural appropriation in American popular music Audience: Undergraduate 6. recall key events in the history of American protest music and apply knowledge of that history to the evaluation of current anti-racism initiatives Audience: Undergraduate